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RFC 1945 - C.2 Conversion of Date Formats

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### C.2 Conversion of Date Formats

HTTP/1.0 uses a restricted set of date formats (Section 3.3) to simplify the process of date comparison. Proxies and gateways from other protocols should ensure that any Date header field present in a message conforms to one of the HTTP/1.0 formats and rewrite the date if necessary.

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RFC 1945 - C.2 Conversion of Date Formats